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While service to the poor was not one of the highest priorities in the parishioner survey,
parish leadership has strong convictions that some form of social ministry should be identified in
St. Albert’s pastoral plans. This conviction stems from Matthew 25 and various papal encyclicals
of the past 30 years.
The following objectives will help the parish address priority 4.
Objective 4-1: by March 1, 1999 to recruit 5-9 parishioners to serve on a new parish Social
Ministry Committee of the Pastoral Council.
Objective 4-2: by autumn 1999 to discuss with neighboring churches, both Catholic and
Protestant, the feasibility of sponsoring a joint food pantry for the needy.
Future Directions
The leadership of St. Albert believes that this pastoral plan will benefit the parish greatly by
outlining specific ways in which we may better seek the reign of God and practice gospel values.
At the same time we realize that either parish priorities or, more likely, some objectives may
change over the next year. Therefore we intend to annually review our pastoral plan to make sure
it is still relevant. This review will be conducted each spring by the pastoral council. Any
changes to the plan will be communicated to all parishioners.
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